具體描述
Malcolm Polstead is the kind of boy who notices everything but is not much noticed himself. And so perhaps it was inevitable that he would become a spy...
Malcolm's father runs an inn called the Trout, on the banks of the river Thames, and all of Oxford passes through its doors. Malcolm and his dæmon, Asta, routinely overhear news and gossip, and the occasional scandal, but during a winter of unceasing rain, Malcolm catches wind of something new: intrigue.
He finds a secret message inquiring about a dangerous substance called Dust--and the spy it was intended for finds him.
When she asks Malcolm to keep his eyes open, Malcolm sees suspicious characters everywhere; Lord Asriel, clearly on the run; enforcement agents from the Magisterium; an Egyptian named Coram with warnings just for Malcolm; and a beautiful woman with an evil monkey for a dæmon. All are asking about the same thing: a girl--just a baby--named Lyra.
Lyra is the kind of person who draws people in like magnets. And Malcolm will brave any danger, and make shocking sacrifices, to bring her safely through the storm.
用戶評價
##是“his dark materials" trilogy的前序
##是與暗黑三步麯中Lyra、Will差不多的曆險故事，科幻部分比較少，埋瞭很多伏筆等後麵幾部揭曉。情節更寫實、驚悚，似乎脫離瞭青少年讀物的範疇。可能我太膽小，那隻三條腿的demon描寫得看得我都嚇尿。期待第二本快降價，第三本快寫齣來。
##聽過的最好聽的有聲故事，從聲音到演繹都無可挑剔。最早聽的是BBC上Simon Beale的刪節版，一下子被迷住瞭。後來Audible齣瞭全版，沒想到Michael Sheen的演繹還要齣色。小說相比黃金羅盤係列更深沉些。尤其喜歡這個小男孩，像條清澈的小溪，時而安靜沉默，時而活潑靈動，始終敏銳映照人心。而在狂風驟雨中，又匯成一條小河，柔和而堅定地，在大地上描摹齣自己的形狀，尋找到自己的歌聲。
##真的很難相信一個十一二歲的孩子居然可以完成如此艱難的旅行，原來黃金羅盤是這麼來的啊
##相比HDM故事走嚮更加黑暗。充滿瞭在教會控製下社會的壓抑氛圍，幾處甚至有1984的影子。後半段洪水大逃殺典型普爾曼式幻想交響麯，而結局依舊慘烈和悲傷，但同時又充滿瞭希望，就如同HDM每本的結尾。
##一些最傑齣的告訴我們時代真相的人都是偉大的故事講述者， 菲利普也是其中之一。期待齣版~
##看到bridge theatre舞颱劇來的，倒是流暢，雖然想看下一部但是想等著三部齣全瞭再一起讀
##隻是前傳？好的。我去找作者的其他作品看看。
##是“his dark materials" trilogy的前序